Apple One Just Went Up in Price

[Abazigal]

Apple services represent 28% of Apple's total revenue.

The bulk of Apple's services revenue still comes from the App Store (that 30% cut) and Google's annual $20 billion payment. I still don't think that enough people are subscribing to Apple's own services to really move the needle here. That said, I feel that these services still have value in improving the overall "stickiness" of Apple's hardware.

For example, Apple Fitness increases the inventive for sticking with an Apple Watch. Apple Arcade is not a bad deal when you have young children and want a curated selection of "safe" games for them to access (and these games can in turn only be accessed Apple devices). TV+ buys Apple prestige and buzz (I find their shows tend to be better production value than Netflix, albeit more on the safe side), as well as a reason for users to open the TV app (where Apple can then sell subscriptions for other streaming channels as well as iTunes content). Apple Music continues to enjoy unparalleled integration with the Apple ecosystem (I wish I didn't already have YouTube music as part of my premium subscription).

It's not had to see the whole Apple experience as the integration of hardware, software and services. 🙂

 

[turbineseaplane]

Apple services represent 28% of Apple's total revenue.

....and growing every year ... and 52% of revenue growth

When someone says they are a subscription company, the implication is that is where the focus (the growth) is, and that is correct.

 

[webkit]

....and growing every year ... and 52% of revenue growth

When someone says they are a subscription company, the implication is that is where the focus (the growth) is, and that is correct.

More than half of that is from non-subscription products or sources like the App Store, Apple Pay, Apple Card, advertising, and the Google search default payment to Apple.

 

[citysnaps]

...and growing every year ... and 52% of revenue growth

When someone says they are a subscription company, the implication is that is where the focus (the growth) is, and that is correct.

Of course it's growing - people love Apple Music and other Apple subscriptions as they are very affordable (Apple Music is around 70 cents a day for all you can eat music in a wide variety of genres). It's still just 26% of Apple's revenue.

 

[dukebound85]

yup, I canceled the majority of my subscriptions. Only ones I have right now are sam's, amazon prime and chatgpt plus.

These constant price increases, well over inflation, are just not tolerated on my end. Also, I do not want to get further and further dependent on any services so making a clear cut now is worth it to me

 

[GregoryPeckEPA]

So it begins. 😠

I wonder what my iCloud 2TB price is going up to.
My assumption has been from $9.99 to $11.99

I've gotten my storage down to 2.5GB and while I'll miss Private Relay, if iCloud+ goes up, I am gone. I am forever salty I have to pay $1 a month in perpetuity to begin with. A price increase during the start of one of the worst recessions in global history will break me.

Given dead internet and endless brain rot, I don't think I'll miss much. TBH, I would have liked to missed the past 2 years online.

I can't believe how fast humanity has unraveled. Either that or my matrix pod bot a beta update.

 

[GregoryPeckEPA]

Apple Music ---> alternatives include Spotify, which available in more places, along with Deezer, Pandora, etc. It all depends if you music is there. There's also iTunes for buying instead of "renting". I personally think that Apple Music lacks "features" that at this point should have been implemented long ago.

Actually Bandcamp is amazing. They have also drawn a line against AI generated content. Lots of small indie artists ask for very little with many relying on donations rather than price tags. I am constantly surprised by how much good stuff exists on that platform! They also don't yank music like AM does (due to licensing and publishing squabbles).

I have AM but if they jack up the price, I'm done with it. The recommendations leave a lot to be desired.

 

[Apple_Robert]

This should be illegal

Not even close.

 

[Etc_]

Eventually we won't even be able to buy hardware anymore. It will all just be indefinite leasing/renting.

I mean, that's the goal, and it's going to happen eventually. Amazon recently said that they want people to rent cloud computing instead of buying and owning their own hardware.

 

[webkit]

It's still just 26% of Apple's revenue.

It's less than that. I would estimate that around 74% of Apple revenue comes from hardware, 10% comes from subscriptions, and 16% comes from everything else (App Store, Apple Pay, Apple Card, advertising, Google payment, etc.). These are approximations and can vary by quarter.

 

[racer1441]

I’m sure you don’t ask for raises within your job either right?

Wish I could. Forced to be in a really bad at their job union.

 

[hagar]

Problem is, that Apple One is a pretty poor bundle, since you are being sold useless things or things that have better alternatives.

iCloud aside (which I think could be argued is the only decent offering in that pack), lets see:

Apple Music ---> alternatives include Spotify, which available in more places, along with Deezer, Pandora, etc. It all depends if you music is there. There's also iTunes for buying instead of "renting". I personally think that Apple Music lacks "features" that at this point should have been implemented long ago.

Fitness+ ---> An excuse of an app/service. Plenty of free options in the Internet which are better and probable more aligned with your goals

Apple TV ---> Unless you absolutely don't stream that much, it is the platform with the least content, someone might argue it has better quality, and for sure, I could give it that, but I'm pretty sure other platforms end up winning in variety alone, since at some point, you will end up having watched most of the stuff it offers.

Arcade ----> Apple and gaming are like water and oil. Kids might like it, but I think money could be better spent on a proper console or PC with actual games, rather than de-monetized mobile games. There's also GamePass if one doesnt wants to "buy" games. It doesnt helps its case that a lot of good games have gotten out of the service, and lately, shovelware has made its way in.

News+ -----> The worst of the bunch. As useless as Fitness+ is, but with the twist that it is a mess to use

Nice analysis. With one correction: Fitness+ is also a horrible mess. The designers at Apple that made the user interfaces of the Health and Fitness apps should have been fired long ago.

 

[leonremi]

The high seas and local storage.
You dont have to starve yourself to feed the oligarchy.

 

[leonremi]

Wish I could. Forced to be in a really bad at their job union.

It would be much worse without an union.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Actually Bandcamp is amazing. They have also drawn a line against AI generated content. Lots of small indie artists ask for very little with many relying on donations rather than price tags. I am constantly surprised by how much good stuff exists on that platform! They also don't yank music like AM does (due to licensing and publishing squabbles).

I have AM but if they jack up the price, I'm done with it. The recommendations leave a lot to be desired.

It's amazing how many people like to vigorously defend their favorite streaming service, when basically all of them are a massive screw job for the actual artists.

Great mention on Bandcamp. 🙌

 

[bigcuedaddy]

As a result of Apple TV receiving a price increase today, the Apple One Individual plan has also gone up in price.

In the U.S., for example, the Apple One Individual plan now costs $21.95 per month, up from $19.95 per month. Apple One Family and Apple One Premier are not affected, but those plans already went up in price last month alongside an Apple Music price increase.

Today's Apple TV and Apple One price increases affect the U.S., Brazil, Chile, and Mexico only.

Article Link: Apple One Just Went Up in Price

If I was to buy CDs to replace the 5000+- songs I have saved on my iPhone, it would cost me around $18000. That buys a LOT of months of Apple Music.

 

[turbineseaplane]

If I was to buy CDs to replace the 5000+- songs I have saved on my iPhone, it would cost me around $18000. That buys a LOT of months of Apple Music.

But you'd actually have something nobody could change or take away from you and you could stop paying for indefinitely. You also wouldn't be tied forever to requiring a form of expensive device, needing to be kept up to date, to even access the content at all.

For me there is a place for both things (owning and streaming).

The vast vast majority of my listening is to things I already have and love and always will. Ownership of content like that makes far more sense that constantly paying to keep listening to the same music, forever.

 

[bigcuedaddy]

But you'd actually have something nobody could change or take away from you and you could stop paying for indefinitely. You also wouldn't be tied forever to requiring a form of expensive device, needing to be kept up to date, to even access the content at all.

For me there is a place for both things (owning and streaming).

The vast vast majority of my listening is to things I already have and love and always will. Ownership of content like that makes far more sense that constantly paying to keep listening to the same music, forever.

Being in my 60s, I’d be dead long before getting my collection back. For someone young, it might make sense. For an old goat like me, nope.

I did, however, cancel my AppleOne subscription. Never used Arcade or much of TV.

 

[Killbynumbers]

buy music on iTunes is still an option

You can start buying CDs and Vinyl again. Both of these mediums are at record sales levels again this year due to people wanting to own their music again. I still buy an occasional song on iTunes.

 

[Killbynumbers]

If I was to buy CDs to replace the 5000+- songs I have saved on my iPhone, it would cost me around $18000. That buys a LOT of months of Apple Music.

I've started burning my own CDs again using my MBP. A 100 CDR pack on Amazon costs about $24.

 

[Astuces iOS]

You can start buying CDs and Vinyl again. Both of these mediums are at record sales levels again this year due to people wanting to own their music again. I still buy an occasional song on iTunes.

It’s not like I can put a CD in a HomePod

 

[turbineseaplane]

It’s not like I can put a CD in a HomePod

Homepods are such a flawed product (to me).

A speaker needs to be far more flexible and adaptable for me to be interested, as they usually last a LONG time.

 

[Astuces iOS]

Homepods are such a flawed product (to me).

A speaker needs to be far more flexible and adaptable for me to be interested, as they usually last a LONG time.

I mean I have Bose speakers too, but it’s not like I can put a cd…

 

[turbineseaplane]

I mean I have Bose speakers too, but it’s not like I can put a cd…

You can connect a CD player with a wire or with a transmitter, but not to Homepods, is sort of what I was getting at.

 

[Astuces iOS]

You can connect a CD player with a wire or with a transmitter, but not to Homepods, is sort of what I was getting at.

rip HomePods...